Osborne Computer Corporation
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The Osborne Computer Corporation was an American computer company and pioneering maker of portable computers. It was located in Hayward, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1981, Adam Osborn
Osborne Computer Corporation Stock Certificate
Tom Cooper signs with Adam Osborne.
Future vision of portable computers seen in Australia
Osborne 1
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The Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981, by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighs 24.5 lb, cost US$1,795, and runs the CP/M 2.2 operating syst
Osborne Computer Corporation
…California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1981, Adam Osborne and Lee Felsenstein developed the world's first mass-produced portable computer, the Osborne 1. After Adam Osborne sold his computer book-publishing company to McGraw-Hill in 1979, he decided to market an inexpensive portable computer with bundled…
Osborne 1 open
Later-model Osborne 1 with the redesigned case
The 500+ page Osborne 1 user manual contains instructions on the hardware, WordStar, SuperCalc, BASIC software and the CP/M operating system and utilities.
ADVENT (Colossal Cave Adventure) running on an Osborne Computer c. 1982